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PARISH OF DUNDONALD. 369
It will not be with tuck of drum,
But it will be with the trumpet's sound,
And when I'll my Eedeemer see,
Who shed his precious blood for me."
William Guthrie thus laments his son, a youth of twelve
years : —
" much lamented youth, in early bloom,
Eelentless death consigned thee to the tomb ;
Mild were thy manners, and thy soul was kind,
And gen'rous friendship form'd thy opening mind ;
Thy breast a son's, a mother's kindness felt ;
Love warmed thy bosom, in thy accents dwelt.
Long shall we weep the sad, the mournful day.
Eeader ! the life of man, how frail ! how vain !
. seek by Christ immortal joy to gain."
In 1803 William Guthrie celebrates his wife thus : —
" A second prey the tyrant death hath won,
A mother's laid beside her much lov'd son,
In her whate'er the feeling heart can boast,
The tender friend, the virtuous wife, we lost."
George Bryan, in 1830, thus commemorates a departed rela-
tive : —
" Beneath this chilling earth, the worms' defence,
Eests one whose virtues never were pretence.
Whose heart was kind, benevolent, and just,
Free from deceit, and true to every trust.
In quiet but secure repose
Beneath this solemn stone :
While living was best loved by those
To whom he best was known."
These rhymes are from tombstones in Dundonald Churchyard : —
" Here lies James Bredine, closed within,
Death's prisoner through Adam's sin ;
But still our hope is he shall be
Set by the second Adam free."